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Why won't Dropbox sync particular files on my mac?

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Mar 15, 20269107 views
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I'm using dropbox across several machines - two macs, two linux machines. All are working happily - except for one mac, where there are 4 files that persistently refuse to update. In finder, these 4 files have a red X icon. The dropbox menu is stuck on 'syncing' (and has been for about a week now),…

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The HFS+ filesystem includes , which provide extra permissions on top of the usual Unix permissions. One of the flags is "unchangeable" - which does what the name suggests. Several files inside my dropbox had been flagged as . You can check for this…

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